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A30 crash in Surrey Heath on 20 July 1996 at 07:55 involving a Volvo 850

A Volvo 850 and a Mazda E2200 van were involved in a crash on the A30 in Surrey Heath at 07:55 on Saturday 20 July 1996. The 39-year-old male driver of the Volvo 850, a 5-year-old male passenger in the Volvo 850 and the 25-year-old male driver of the Mazda E2200 van were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
20 Jul 1996
Saturday, 07:55
Vehicles
2
Volvo 850 and Mazda E2200
Casualties
3
3 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.36032, longitude -0.69468, in the GU19 postcode district and within the built-up area of Bagshot.

Map of where the crash happened in Surrey Heath

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199645NC00198
Council area
Surrey Heath
Police force
Surrey
Highway authority
Surrey

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
30
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
40 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
B
Second road number
3029

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 17 April 1982.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Volvo 850

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    39 years
    Engine capacity
    2,435 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    1 year

  • Vehicle 2: Mazda E2200

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    25 years
    Engine capacity
    2,184 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    7 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 39, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volvo 850)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 5, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volvo 850)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 3: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 25, van occupant, in vehicle 2 (Mazda E2200)

Data source

This record comes from the Department for Transport’s road safety data (STATS19), in which police forces in Great Britain record every road crash reported to them where someone was injured. It is reference 199645NC00198 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Surrey Heath road accident statistics for 1996.